Folding egg-container.



J. H. MORGAN.

FOLDING EGG CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. a, 1913.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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' State of.(]alifornia, have invented a new and useful Folding Egg-Container, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improyeinents in containers especially adapted for shipping and handling eggs generally, to provide for holding the eggs separated and sus ended on a. resilient support so as to wit stand shocks from careless handlin to provide a container that will be of lig t weight and yet strong and one that will unfold flat when not in use.

Further objects of my improvement are to provide an egg container that can be used repeatedly if desired, but constructed of inexpensive material so that it can be thrown away after the first shipment without material loss.

I attainv these objectsby the construction shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:-- I

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved container; tion of same on line A. B of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan of the lower section; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the container; Fig. 5.

shows the cut and scored blank which forms the container when folded; Fig. 6 is a side elevation, and Fig. 7 is an end View of the blank in its folded shape.

In Fig. 1, which is a vertical longitudinal section on the line (r-D of Fig. 2, 1 represents the lower section and 2 the upper sec tion, 4, it, 4, represent tongues vformed by cutting on the dotted lines 5-5 (Fig. 3) and scoring on the lines 6,6, 6, and bending to form a meter pocket for the egg, which is shown by dotted lines 7-7. The main body part of the lower section of the container is made of one iece'of material, preferably cardboard, wit "1 one free edge at a, is scored and-bent at b, a, 03, e, and f, with the opposite edge at 9, thus formin the inclined walls 9 and 10, the top 11, the side 12, the bottom 13, and the side 14. These walls are held in folded relation by a suitable fastener at 15, as shown in detail in Fig. 2. The side let extends above the top as shown at 16. Attached to the sides 12 and 14 are stri s 17, by any suitable means, as the wire stop cs 18.

Fig. 2 is a cross sec- The upper container section is a duplicate of the lower section, and the strips 17, bridge the joint between them when assembled.

The use of this container as shown in Fig.

:2 is as follows:-Eggs are placed on end in the pockets or the lower section and the uper' section is placed with its pockets over the upper ends of the eggs and pressed down until the upper section rests on the edges of the projecting side 16, and the projecting side 19 of the upper section rests on the lower section, thus leaving a space between the contiguous sides of the two sections. in this position, the two sections are fastened together in any suitable manner, as with cord or adhesive tape. The eggs are supported in the pockets by the resilience of the tongues l, which is sufficient to carry the eggs with ordinary handling, but if the container should receive a shock severe enough to cause the eggs to go through the pockets, the eggs will come in contact with the Vshaped walls, which on account of the shape, are resilient at the point where the eggs come in contact, and thus the eggs are doubly safeguarded against breakage.

Fig. 5 shows the form of the upper section. in the flat, cut out and scored by the die to fold on lines 5, 0, .65, e, f, as described, and for the ends 19 and the wings 20, scored to fold on the lines it, 11, 7, 7:, Z, and m.

Fig. e is a perspective View showing the container tied with cord; also showing the reinforcing strip 17 extended across the ends and'sioges and covering the joint between the two sections.

From the construction described, it will be noted that I have provided resilient walled pockets for the eggs in the tongues 4, and

rigid protective walls between said tongues 1 and the outer walls of the sections, in the inclined walls 9, 10. The edges of the extensions-16, 19, of the side walls of the rec I am aware that containers have been pat- 'ented with triangular chambers therein, and

others show resilient egg-receiving pockets,

but so far as I em aware I the first to combine these features in a unitary eggcontainer Having thus described my invention What I claim as new, is

1. An egg box consisting of two coznpiementary sections, each section composed of a single sheet of suitable material, out, scored c trian uler chamber within the 5 1 1 rectenguier chamber, the 1 and bent to form a rectangular chamber eX- tending the ent re length 015 the box end a triangular chamber Within the walls of the rectangular chamber, the inside wall of the 1,1 w ee rectanguiar chamber forming the base of the triangular chamber and having egg-receiving i'esiiient walled pockets formed th rein, and one of the side Walls of each section extending beyond the inside Wall of its section to form a spacing member between said sections, said sheets also cut, scored and bent to form end-dosing members.

3. An egg-box: consisting of two complementary sections, each section composed of a single sheet of suitable material cut, scored and bent to form a rectangular chamber extending tne entire length of the box and a triangular chamber Within the walls of the recten ulnr chamber, the inside We 1 of the rectangular chamber forming the base of the triangular chamber and having egg 1-eceiving pockets therein, the inside Walls of scic. sections being spaced apart, and means for closing the joint between said sections anti reinforcing the Walls at said joints.

JOHN HENRY MORGAN. Witnesses WILLIAM 1. Rinse, ELEANOR iizzi'cfii 

